3 Ways Negative Words Impact Your Influence
Impact of negative words on daily influence.
Drama Language: When Does It Work?
How many people do you work with that have a propensity for creating drama? You may not think of yourself as a drama person, but you may be guilty of using dramatic language. Most people do! Is it a bad thing? The correct answer is, “That depends on the context and goal of your communication.” …
Communication: Virtual Meeting Challenges
Zoom Fatigue Toll Virtual meetings are now a daily reality and they come packaged with two major challenges. Mental health and communication experts call the first challenge “Zoom Fatigue”. Days filled with virtual calls and meetings are making people feel anxious and stressed. People dread being tethered to their computer screen for hours on end. …
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The Battle of Words: Negative Vs. Positive
Effective communicators understand the power of words to influence others. The best communicators are aware there is a daily battle of words with consequences in how their words impact others. The type of words you use triggers chemical reactions in the brain and those reactions greatly affect how people respond to you. “The meaning of …
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Nonverbal Skills for Presenters: Top TED Talks Secrets
The most influential TED Talk presenters have one thing in common: they have exceptional nonverbal communication skills! The people at TED Talk collect a lot of data to understand why some of their speakers are more popular than others. Their research shows top-rated presenters use almost double the number of hand gestures as lower-rated speakers. Nonverbal Skills Not Equal! …
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The Disney Brainstorming Strategy
Brainstorming is an important part of effective decision making and team planning! If you do it well, then it can be fun and extremely profitable to your organization! But most people are doing brainstorming all wrong! As a result, it is often a waste of time and money. This is why it is important to …
Virtual Meeting Presentation Skills
Virtual meetings are the new normal. But what’s not normal is having a close-up shot of your face on-camera for everyone to see at all times throughout a meeting. Do you have an annoying habit that is out of your awareness? Your computer camera never blinks, so little things that didn’t matter during live office …
The Virus that Contaminates Your Communications
News reporters are spewing out COVID-19 crisis stories around the clock. There is another virus worthy of your full attention as you help lead your organization through this time of testing. It is a communication virus that our team at Benchmark Communications calls a Thought Virus. This virus contaminates your daily messaging and communications. It …
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Sticky Messages: How to Influence Decisions
Effective Messages People who know how to create and deliver sticky messages have more influence! How many times this year will you try to get someone to understand your ideas? How many times will you succeed in making your ideas stick so that others accept and act on your advice? Creating and delivering Sticky Messages …
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Trust On Teams: How To Tell If You Can Trust Someone
HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT READING TRUST? Trust is the foundation of building strong teams at work, so how good are you at judging who is trustworthy? Do you sometimes pick up cues and ignore them – only to realize later the cues told you someone was not worthy of your trust? If you were …
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